Jose is one of the top baseball players in his league, but last week he struck out on an easy pitch. Afterward, he smashed the water cooler in the dugout with his bat. What defence mechanism is Jose using, according to Freud?

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Jose is using displacement, which is redirecting his negative emotions (frustration from striking out) onto a safer target (the water cooler) rather than expressing them in the moment or confronting the source of his frustration.

Jose Is One of the Top Baseball Players in His